Teaching Education Commentary

Contemporary Adjustments Needed to Teaching Water Economics in Light of Changes Facing the Water Sector and Its Users: Introduction to the Special Issue

Ariel Dinar(a) and Mehdi Nemati(a)
(a)University of California, Riverside

JEL Codes: A2, Q15, Q2, Q25
Keywords: Climate change, demand management, groundwater, graduate and undergraduate teaching, interdisciplinary teaching, water economics curriculum

Publish Date: August 16, 2023

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Abstract

Water resources management in many countries faces challenges that stem from a combination of impacts of climate change, population growth, and globalization. This introductory note argues that contemporary adjustments are needed to the curriculum of teaching water economics in light of these changes. The note reviews the contribution of each of the thirteen papers in the special issue to the question posed in the title of that special issue. The note concludes that while efforts and new ideas embedded in the papers reviewed, are effective, there is still room and need for additional aspects to be considered in the new water economics curriculum.

About the Author: Ariel Dinar is a Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, Emeritus at the University of California, Riverside. adinar@ucr.edu. Mehdi Nemati is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy at the University of California, Riverside

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